I tried a new Tiny Home Challenge 

This build is hilarious! Looks exactly like all the other homes except for the super nice furnishings, a pool, and a hot tub. The neighbors are going to be soooo jealous lmao

Coming over to fight James in the parking lot for making an entire gold-based bathroom but leaving the toilet paper holder silver 😫

the fact that you have to open the bathroom door, jump into the bathtub, close the doors, jump out in order to access the toilet gives the house character :p

Not me screaming in my head at James to change the bathroom door to open outward instead of inward so the door wouldn’t hit the tub. 😅

Teapot on the fire place isn't for tea. People put them on with water to add humidity to the room.

Doing a pool is fine, but you could've had a nice bbq area. Seating, fireplace, bbq. It would've been great

A retired little grandma fills her days training her little dog (papillion/maltese) to do tricks. Her son/grandson lives with her while he is trying to get back on his feet.

the new frame tv would've looked really nice in the living room

I was waiting for James to change the ceiling lights given the extra budget but that did not happen😂

*James who has a dog:* "Dogs like toys, right?" 😂

Love the house. Reminds me of the shotgun homes found here in the southern US. They did them primarily so you could open a door at the front and the back to let a breeze go through the home... usually down the middle but in a tiny home that probably wouldn't work. My grandmothers home was like that, and it was built pre-1890. I'm not sure the exact year, but she was born in 1896, and she was the baby of the family, and I know the other siblings were born there as well. Originally, it did not have a bathroom. They used an outhouse & later made a small area over into a bathroom inside the home... so your squished bathroom makes sense. I'm going to try the challenge... but I think I'm going to also build a home similar to my grandmothers as well. It's inside of small town town now... but originally, the area was agricultural, and it still has the remains a barn, outhouse, and chicken coop area in the back. Maybe I'll try it for horse ranch, too. Her older sister... like many in SC... migrated around 1905 from SC to the border of Alabama & and Florida, where they actually built a horse ranch... and the home was originally a large shotgun style as well. Most people built or helped build their own homes, and it was a design you'll find from the Carolinas to Texas as it was an efficient design and easy to build and add onto as the family grew.

King of the tiny homes returns 🎉

My immediate thought about the style of strangerville was that he can just put no furniture in it or have a non-functional kitchen lol.

You could have a shower inside and one of the rustic/handmade tubs in the back garden for the dog.

Personally, I’m a fan of the original layout with the bedrooms in the back. I don’t need any more excuses for random sims to try and use the back door 😂

Actually, I don't think thats a tea pot on the fire place, it is more likely a pot with water to add humidity to the room. Those wood burning stoves are very drying to the air. Just an FYI.

I think you could have added some eco items like solar cells and water collectors, and also, good thing it didn't require laundry day stuff, although you could have put some of that in the back yard like the line, and have the washer on the porch. Not only that I would have put in a greenhouse, an easel, or a telescope, that way they could work on their skills.

I love how the build turned out! Next time James could put the old wooden tub outside the house to wash the dog and a walk in shower in the bathroom because realistically elders might find it difficult to step up into the shower tub combo.

I would have loved to see some knifty knitting or crochet for the grandparent! And a garden out the back :)

I love watching tiny houses so much 😊 its so fun to challenge yourself!

fun fact! the pet toy chest is fully functional if you size it down one time! :) live this build, James!

Just tried your Random Build Challenge: The owner(s) are runaway teens and they are really into the colour blue and maximalism and really afraid of the colour blue. 😅

day 1 asking u to build a house backwards, meaning whatever you usually do last in a build, u do it first. so walls and roof will be added after all the decore and stuff

I imagine it being the house of a grandma, her dog, and her aroace grandchild..!

Still waiting on James doing a guilty pleasure build - free budget - free world - all packs. Cheat to his heart's content. Would be fun to watch

A new challenge use the nectar rack as your walls because they are stackable. I built a small home using the nectar rack as the walls.

I just finished building my insane tiny home so I’m happy to see this!! 😄

“It’s Sims, it doesn’t matter.” Says the one who tries to make every build realistic😂 19:44

Ahhhh James the builder is back!! I really love the second bedroom, the colors go quite well together and its cozy.the exterior look looks like it can be turned into a rental. lovely!

"dogs.. I guess they like toys too right?" says it like he doesn't have a dog😂

Very nice build! I really love that new fireplace, but I wish we had swatches without the tea pot aswell

I so wanted a potted plant or something by that tv and maybe a few other touches, but overall it's really cute and just the terrain paint+trees+objects works surprisingly well for landscaping

I would imagine that the Sims who would live there would be an elder sim who once was a competetive swimmer and wanted to settle down in a small house with their dog. The young aduld could be their grandchild and could have moved there because they decided to join an exotic study program exclusive to strange town.

I would love to see more of these challenges!

If anyone knows if there is a mod that lets you hang the guitars (maybe even the violins) on the wall and they're still functional, please let me know. It would look great on this tiny build and fill the walls with skill building items.

I tried the random build challenge - and let's just say I gave up, got mad and quit the game without saving. Like a 2 story 3 bedroom house. 20x30lot. the owner was a Ghost who loved pink, and also was a technophobe - and budget of 25.000 something simoleons. Oh! and I could cut my budget in half if I wanted an extra challenge. (how about no). But I might try it again with a tiny home - just to avoid getting the 2-3story mansion builds for a ridicilously low budget

Hi James , I love you video’s I often end up listening to them like a podcast on my drives to work😂. I was wondering if you could ever do a basic coding tutorial on how you make the designs and functionality of the website!! I’m an Aussie IT student and would love to see which languages you use and how much time goes into such a cool site 💚

As always, love any of your builds/build challenges ❤ I’d add a garden and bbq area there though, since you still had money 😉Cheers!

Great build as always 👍

Yayy tiny house challenge, maybe I'll actually submit for this one 😂 I kept waiting for James to get more rugs to use up the money.

This challenge looks so fun! It’d be cool to see a generator like this made for community lots next!

I love your challenges❤

Could have used very, very expensive ceiling tiles to make up that budget haha

Just a tip for next time, if you have a counter with the back thingy on it just alt place it so it’s in the wall and unseeable the counter tops are still full functional. 😊

Love this challenge, gives me ideas for my tiny apartment

I actually built Barbie's AI Buzzfeed South Carolina house on this lot. It is colossal and took hours. I love this take on those shotgun houses.

I think it's so pretty! I love this style of home.

This turned out great!

next time u wanna use a certain fridge but already have another one youre committed to, u could consider trying to fit both in. lots of people have two fridges in their house! maybe a bit sillier in a tiny home but then this house wasnt That tiny and had the budget for it :)

I'm glad the dog toy box was moved because that would be such a tripping hazard irl 😅 not that it matters in the sims

I’ll definitely be doing this build challenge!!!

Lots of fun, thanks James.

I love when you post a build video!

James.... the stache is looking AMAZING. Quite dapper if I do say so myself.

I wish you would've used all the money and added an outdoor table & barbecue area in the backyard but oh well!

Aaah I need to try the tiny addition to the random challenge 😍

I think every decision you made with this build was actually great, and i think youre just an over perfectionist, dont have to think so much into it! 😂❤

A new James build video, LETS GO!

It’s giving new addition/updated 55+ community home ;P

This was def a fun build !

As a fellow Aussie, I'm glad you remembered to fence the pool and shut the gate 😂😂

This house is adorable

The little tea pots on wood stoves were used as humidifiers/diffusers. Either just water of water with spices boiling through the winter to help the worst of the dry air

For the bathroom issue, I would have changed the way the door opens while also moving it as far over as possible from the tub on that diagonal wall. Maybe choose a toilet I could put the back of it more into the wall, and could rearrange the bathroom a tad more.

When I get all my essentials added and I still have money left over, I find that I always end up blowing the rest of my budget on plants lol. I can't keep any alive in real life, so I live vicariously through my sims and their beautifully planty homes 🥰🤣

The exterior really works but my god as you were placing things in the interior I was shouting at my tv. Hideous! 😂😂

Was waiting for him to use the random empty space in the middle of the house to make the bathroom bigger but it never happened. 😂 So that was frustrating!

Oh gosh, I haven’t watched the rags to ranches series yet and I did not realise he was fully living the ye haw lifestyle. That was quite the shock

This is a great idea. Your floorplan is stressing me out though 😂

Great build

The would have been sharing one room with single beds if that had been me. I’m impressed he fit all that in there.

This build was absolutely a "trust the process" moment for me, and now I really want it in my game😅

Not watched the whole thing yet but I'd have done bedroom for elder and then a Murphy bed in living room for young adult to save space

This is a very cute house! I love the pool! The only thing I’d add with the $5,000 budget would be an expensive BBQ and outdoor table and chairs. Great job! 💯

I made a Melbourne townhouse in a similar style and I think it's my favourite build!

17 tiles for an elder, young adult, teen and child is what I got... Reallllllly glad we have bunk beds now

That home is so cute ❤

This house is giving off Sims 2 vibes & I love it! 😂

a sconce either side of the tv would look good

The new frame tv would have been perfect!

I used the tiny home challenge generator on your website and it gave me a 20 tile house for two young adults, one teen and a child. So, they all have bunk beds and an outdoor kitchen 😂

The Art Framed TV from the new kit would work nicely in the living space.

Bro is slaying with that moustache ngl

love the build but gotta say that moustache is absolutely glorious, king 🙏🏻 never remove it

U could've put some garden stuff for the elder, you know, like some plant boxes

Thia house feels like the young adult is a uni student that comes and stays with their grandparent on breaks.

A BBQ & patio set is always nice in the backyard, just sayin'. I definitely want to try your generator, it would be fun to use during a livestream.

This was really cool

The shower/tub combo totally would have worked along the right side with the sink and toilet closest to the door, just need to scoot the toilet further to the left.

Make the door open the other way! 🤣 Opening into the hallway would make more sense because you have more room there and it still wouldn't open into the walkway. I know bathroom doors normally open into the room, but in that case, it's better to open into the hallway.

I feel like James would lose his mind if he saw the bathroom of the melb apartment my friend is renting. A travesty of landlord reno if ever I saw one :P

I’m sitting here saying out loud ‘please move that post! Please move that post!’ Like he can hear me. I hope he moves that post.

‘hEy mY wInDoW!’ KILLED ME

I rolled a single elder in an 18-tile house with 17,015$. It was interesting to achieve. I rerolled the one I got afterwards with a 6k budget though.

Strangerville has some of my favorite build items❤

Sincerely, I think the hallway was a lost off living space that was really needed. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Could have used just a plain bathtub without shower or that basegame shower/tub combo with the curtain. Would have had more options for placing.

You got a fairly reasonable set of requirements compared to the one Vixella got lol

The fireplace would be perfect for the elder

I can't believe James didn't paint the ceilings 😂